Network Engineer

Company: National Public Radio, Inc.
Location: Washington, D.C.
Posted on: October 5, 2017

Job Description:

Duties: Will manage and maintain complex corporate Global Network

Infrastructure to ensure continuous delivery of radio broadcasting

worldwide. Will proactively monitor and maintain core production network

and security devices. Will manage and troubleshoot NPR Datacenters

located around the world. Deploying and configuring network security

tools required in compliance with NPR security policies, will monitor,

identify, and block malicious network traffic from entering the NPR

network and maintain a high level of network security. Will upgrade the

operating system code on core production network and security devices to

keep up with current technology. Will analyze and optimize the Internet

TCP/IP packet using various packet capture tools, including wireshark,

Net flow Collector and SolarWinds Orion. Will automate configuration

processes and tasks using Python and Perl code for large data center

deployments. Will work with Advance Routing and Switching protocols

including: EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, IPSec VPN, MPLS, STP, RSTP, PVST+, HSRP,

Cisco Nexus vPC, Nexus vDC, and Fabric path on Nexus 7K, 5K platforms

and secure the NPR Global Network using ASA Firepower, Cisco Identity

Service Engine and other security tools. Will engage with ISP providers

to upgrade bandwidth and resolve latency related complex issues within

the Internet backbone.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications, Computer Science,

Electrical Engineering (or equivalent foreign education) or a related

field plus five (5) years’ progressive experience configuring,

maintaining and troubleshooting network/managed system services

infrastructure, which must include: configuring and maintaining Cisco

routers, Juniper routers, Net Screen, Adtran, Tripp Lite UPS devices,

Cisco Switches, Cisco Nexus 7K,5K, 2K and Juniper EX Series Switches,

Palo Alto Security devices, Arista data center switches and wireless LAN

Controllers; configuring and troubleshooting Static Routes, EIGRP, OSPF,

BGP, Path manipulation Redistribution, Route Maps, Prefix-list, VRRP,

HSRP, IPV6 Static Routes, RIPng, OSPFV3 and MPLS. Automate network

configuration for wide deployment of network devices using using Perl

/Python scripting; Designing and Deploying and Maintaining high

availability Corporate and Datacenter network infrastructure for 24/7

Network uptime; and installing, configuring and administering HP Network

Automation Application (HPNA/HP Open view), Solar winds Orion, Q-radar,

Identity Service Engine(ISE), Cisco Prime, Cisco Mobility Service Engine

and other applications. Or, alternatively, a Master's degree in one of

the above-mentioned fields plus three (3) years of experience as

described above.

Submit resume to careers@npr.org.

Reference Position Number: LBPK

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